On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 02:48:34PM +0800, JohnHomer wrote: > i can do > > xcopy c:\*.* d:\*.* /c /h /e /k > > on fat32, for disk dupes works great for me, > i dont have to worry bout geometry/sizes. > > if we can get the "cp" equivalents for those > switches, then, all will be fine, I THINK.
Oh, but you're forgetting something. The cp -a command will do more or less the same thing but that's not the same as an exact clone. Say you have a Linux disk /dev/hda, a Windows partition to clone /dev/hdb1, mounted on /mnt/src, and an empty Windows partition /dev/hdc1, mounted on /mnt/dest. Doing a cp -a /mnt/src /mnt/dest is NOT THE SAME as cloning the two partitions. Most likely, once you load /dev/hdc1 on another machine, it probably won't boot. Why? System files. Same problem happens when trying to clone Linux disks, 'cept it's easier to fix, you only need to rerun lilo on the errant partition. I have no idea how to fix a fscked Windows bootable disk of that sort. Another problem occurs if you have file systems that understand symbolic links here. The symbolic links will come out wrong--adding the -s switch to the cp command will not help if there are any non-relative symbolic links. Omitting -s will create copies of what would have been symbolic links, which is probably not what you intended. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
